CVE-2026-73228

Name	CVE-2026-73228
Description	Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. Prior to 3.17.2, Django REST Framework's request.data parsing in rest_framework/request.py Request._parse() passes the underlying HttpRequest stream to JSONParser and FormParser for application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, bypassing Django's DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE protection and allowing oversized request bodies to consume additional memory and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.2.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1144350

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
djangorestframework (PTS)	bookworm	3.14.0-2+deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie	3.16.0-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	3.17.1+ds1-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
djangorestframework	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)			1144350

Notes

[trixie] - djangorestframework <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3w
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/10013
Fixed by: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/2912dc98042f78e27636551fc22eeaf10f725fdd (3.17.2)